Break through!

[XS-NRG]

I have one sitting on a bench and working.

[Omnibus]

Of course, you do.

[XS-NRG]

I do.
That's why i can say that you are wrong.
I have not seen any of your:

interesting things

Nor did i:

becoming rich.

And nor do i see any:

unquestionable marketing success.

So once again:
You are wrong.

[Omnibus]

Yes, of course.

[Low-Q]

I really look forward to yet another sleepless night...trying to figure out how it work, and how it doesn't...

Anyway, I think Butch' idea are one of the most genious magnet motor attempts to date. Sure I will try to figure this out - it will take a while I'm afraid - loooong sleepless nights

The first thing I imagine, is how the outer "discs" are suppose to escape the magnetic field without spending energy on it. Another one is that those actions taken to rotate must be slightly offset in order to dertermind clockwise or counterclockwise rotation. When this offset are taken care of, the energy spent to slide the discs back and forth, would probably require just the energy required to get some energy out - which means it will probably not work.
The greatest torque would be present at approx 45 degrees offset, but the animation have 0 degree offset, which means it will not be possible to tell which way it will rotate - which in turn means that the present animation will not work in practice (?).

Time will show, so I do hope that Butch want to build this. Shouldn't take much time to do so. As far as the cogging conserns, I do not believe cogging should be a reason for a non-working motor, as cogging should be two equal repulsion and attractions present at two different points in the revolution, which should end up in zero energy loss anyways.

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